Articles written by Raye Lyn Bird

Burlington Schools welcomes Kathy Nelson as the new counselor this year. Nelson has been in education for over 30 years, most recently as a high school English teacher at Justice Alma Wilson Seeworth... Full story

This year's Burlington yearbook staff is small, but very energetic and capable. This group of three juniors have already selected their yearbook theme and cover, attended a Lifetouch Workshop,... Full story

Every year at Burlington, science teacher Jennifer Newlin challenges her freshman class to build a Rube-Goldberg machine. A Rube-Goldberg machine is an intentionally complicated machine built to... Full story

The Burlington junior class, along with sponsor Barbara James, planned and prepared this year's prom centered on their theme "Country Nights." The class used wagon wheels, milk cans, hay bales,... Full story

The acronym "STEM" is an important word in education. In a world full of ever-increasing technology, the need for students to be educated in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is also ev...

The Burlington FFA held its annual Greenhand Night on Monday, Oct. 15, highlighting their freshman members or "greenhands." Greenhands is a familiar term in the world of FFA referring to members with...

Science teacher Jennifer Newlin has been teaching science at Burlington School for 28 years. Her science classes are often very hands on in order to learn a concept. She teaches science classes for se...

Two Burlington seniors, Stephanie Croft and Deacon Burleson, have been notified of their selection into the competitive FIT program at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Freshman in Transition (FIT) is...

The Burlington school Christmas music program held on Dec. 14th was a holiday treat. The program started with the fourth through 12th grades singing "Peace, Peace" together with the audience joining...

The new school year started Aug. 9 and is off and running at full speed. Burlington started the school year with 157 students from pre-K through 12th grade. As usual, Burlington has many new students...